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Kaindu demands defensive discipline
Highlanders head coach Kelvin Kaindu has expressed deep frustration over his team's defensive frailties, warning that the Bulawayo giants must tighten up at the back if they are to mount a serious tit...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 12:47hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Mzilikazi win Bulawayo inter-district competition
Bulawayo Metropolitan Province concluded a thrilling Baker's Inn National Association of Secondary School Heads Inter-District Athletics Championships at White City Stadium on Friday, showcasing excep...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:21hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Bosso hit with FIFA transfer ban
Bulawayo giants Highlanders Football Club have become the latest Premier Soccer League side to face FIFA sanctions, as the club has been slapped with a transfer ban for failing to settle outstanding s...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 11:25hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's 1998 championship-winning team reunites for emotional gathering
The Class of 1998, a group of legendary players who secured four consecutive league championships for Highlanders, came together for an emotional reunion at the team's Fife Street clubhouse yesterday ...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:16hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wants to rename Zimbabwe's provinces
The ruling Zanu-PF party has called for the renaming of Zimbabwe's provinces, aiming to eliminate colonial-era names that have historically fueled division among the population. This resolution emerge...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 08:01hrs | 4822 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to open Pupu National Monument
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to officially commission the reconstructed Pupu National Monument in Lupane, Matebeleland North Province, this week as the country corrects distorted historical narrati...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:57hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Kaindu has some unfinished business at Highlanders
KELVIN Kaindu has some unfinished business at Highlanders. After twice coming close to ending the long-standing title drought at Bosso, which has now stretched to 18 years, the Zambian gaffer ...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 19:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo pirate taxis regularise operations
A NUMBER of pirate taxis and kombis in Bulawayo are reportedly jostling to register with transport associations to regularise their operations to avoid having their vehicles impounded.The Zimb...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
JZ High School continues with 100% A-level pass rate
SITUATED in Gwanda District in the sprawling Matebeleland South Province, Jason Ziyaphapha (JZ) Moyo High School is not only named after a revolutionary luminary whose legacy cannot be bloated, but th...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:35hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
New Bosso signing targets trophies
Bulawayo giants Highlanders' new signing Marvin Sibanda says he wants to help the club win trophies after penning a three-year deal from US side Little Rock Rangers FC last week.Sibanda, who g...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ngodzo hails Bosso new signing
FORMER Warriors and Highlanders midfielder Johannes Ngodzo has hailed Bosso for signing midfielder Marvin Sibanda, who is the club's first signing for the 2024 Castle Lager Premier Soccer league seaso...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mabaleka promoted to Kaindu backroom
HIGHLANDERS are set to promote Bosso 90 coach Melusi "Mabaleka" Sibanda to be part of Kelvin Kaindu's backroom staff next season.Last week, Bosso issued an update on recruiting new technical t...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Controversy mars influencer awards
Several artists in Bulawayo have accused the organizers of the third edition of the African Influencer Awards of bias toward certain award recipients. The awards ceremony, held at Impala Car Rentals o...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man dies after fistfight
IN a tragic turn of events, a man from Bulawayo died a few days after a fistfight with another man who is now reportedly on the run.The incident which later turned tragic occurred on 7 August ...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 20:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rhinos threaten Bosso
BLACK Rhinos FC have threatened to hand Bosso their first defeat of the season when the two sides clash at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday.Highlanders FC are unbeaten in 18 league matches and ...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Freddie Gwala sends solidarity message to Highlanders
As more acknowledgements from high-profile figures pour in for Zimbabwean football giants Highlanders, pressure for them to maintain their momentum on the local scene is also equally intensifying....Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 21:34hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's brilliant performances attracts the attention of Jose Mourinho
HIGHLANDERS' brilliant start to the campaign under Portuguese coach Baltemar Brito has attracted the attention of legendary Chelsea and Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho.Bosso, whose un...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Bosso eye Chirinda, Mahachi
WITH the transfer window soon to get flung open, Highlanders are reportedly eyeing the services of Bulawayo Chiefs striker Obriel Chirinda and South African-based utility forward Kudakwashe Mahachi to...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso ready to believe again
RED-HOT Manchester City striker Erling Haaland was only five years old when Highlanders last won the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title.That was in 2006, when Methembe "Mayor" Ndlovu led...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 08:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders move pre-season base
HIGHLANDERS Football Club have shifted their pre-season base to Beitbridge as they intensify preparations for the upcoming 2023 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season.Yesterday, Highlanders...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn win Hadebe dispute against Kaizer Chiefs
IN a protracted monetary benefits dispute between Castle Lager Premier Soccer League former champions Chicken Inn and South Africa's DStv Premiership side Kaizer Chiefs over the 2019 transfer of Zimba...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 12:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso striker appeals for medical assistance
BEDRIDDEN former Highlanders Football Club striker Patrick "Mboma" Mpofu, who has been unwell for some time with his condition deteriorating, is appealing for funds so that he gets medical assistance....Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Methembe impressed with juniors
United States-based Zimbabwean football coach, Methembe Ndlovu is impressed by the level of talent in the country but has called for authorities to adhere to modern trends if the country is to explore...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 13:50hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Methembe Ndlovu takes over at Trinity College in the US
When Methembe Ndlovu was growing up in Zimbabwe, he thought he had to make a choice at age 16: either he could play soccer or pursue an education.In Zimbabwe, he could not do both at a high le...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Brito expects tough battle against relegation candidates Tenax
DESPITE their opponents Tenax languishing on the wrong end of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League log standings, Highlanders coach Baltemar Brito is anticipating a tough battle this afternoon when ...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grassroots Soccer closes shop in Zimbabwe
GRASSROOTS Soccer Incorporation (GRS) will wind up its operations in Zimbabwe on Thursday this week, after 20 years in the country, rendering over 200 people jobless.Grassroots Soccer, headqua...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:21hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bosso will rise again, says new coach
WE are here to awaken a sleeping giant!These were the first remarks made by the new Highlanders coach Baltermar Brito and his assistant Antonio Joao Martins Leao Torres when they touched down ...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
After hours shopping to evade parking fees
BULAWAYO residents are resorting to evening shopping at supermarkets located along Zone One parking bays to evade paying exorbitant parking fees being charged during the day.Paid parking is fr...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Methembe open to recruiting Zimbabwe talent
FORMER Bantu Rovers owner Methembe Ndlovu is on cloud nine following his appointment as head coach of Trinity College men's football team in the United States of America.Mayor, as Ndlovu is kn...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Methembe Ndlovu joins Trinity College as head coach
UNITED STATES: Zimbabwean Methembe Ndlovu has joined private liberal arts college Trinity College as head men's soccer coach.The former Highlanders coach brings to Trinity in Hartford, Connect...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso in another mega sponsorship deal
Fresh from a mega sponsorship deal worth nearly US$1million annually for the next three years, Highlanders are set to go into bed with another blue chip company with interest in construction work. ...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 19:50hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Ernest 'Maphepha' Sibanda 'very much' alive
FORMER Highlanders' chairman and team manager Ernest 'Maphepha' Sibanda has been hospitalised at a private institution in Bulawayo after his sugar levels fluctuated, but his family is optimistic he wi...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Omega says Methembe is Bosso's messiah
FORMER Zifa vice-president and Highlanders' life member Omega Sibanda has suggested that United States of America-based former club coach Methembe Ndlovu takes over ownership of the Bulawayo giants. ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Methembe Ndlovu appointed women's coach in USA
Highlanders legend and former coach Methembe Ndlovu has been appointed associate head coach of a United States based women soccer side Claremont-Mudd-Scripps whose head coach is another former Bosso c...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Euro scouts for Nakamba tourney
EUROPEAN scouts are expected to grace the inaugural Marvelous Nakamba Under-17 football tournament.It will be staged from June 18 to 19 in Bulawayo at White City and Luveve.The Marvelo...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho boys drown during fishing expedition
THREE boys from Tategulu Village under chief Magama in Tsholotsho drowned in Gwayi River while fishing on Wednesday and their bodies were retrieved by the police sub aqua unit the following day. ...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso coach dies
FORMER Highlanders coach Reuben Tsengwa has died.Tsengwa died on Thursday of a yet to be confirmed ailment.Highlanders chairman Kenneth Mhlophe confirmed Tsengwa's death in a statement...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bosso players seek shrine power
WHILE many footballers in Africa do turn to sorcery and fetishism for a competitive edge, lathering magical-power oilments on their skin and squirrel fat (for speed) on their feet, Bulawayo giants Hig...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 18:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa delay coach appointment
Appointment of a substantive Warriors coach will be delayed until the beginning of next year amid reports that Zifa want to exercise due diligence in order to come up with the best candidate for the j...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Methembe back in Warriors set-up, Rush overlooked
FORMER Young Warriors and senior national team midfielder Methembe Ndlovu could bounce back into the Warriors technical team set-up as one of the assistant coaches if the recommendations by the Zifa t...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy bites Madinda Ndlovu
OUTGOING Highlanders technical manager Madinda Ndlovu says the country's unstable economic situation was the reason he could not see out his contract at the Bulawayo football giants.Ndlovu ten...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bobby Clark speaks on Bosso
FORMER Highlanders head coach Bobby Clark was delighted to hear about Bosso's 1-0 win over TelOne on Sunday. "Highlanders still means a lot to me," he says from his home near Aberdeen, Scotland....Published: 28 May 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Stephen Walsh
Honda Fit crew caught on CCTV 'robbing' nurse
A PIRATE Honda Fit crew in Bulawayo allegedly robbed a nurse at knife point and was arrested after being captured on CCTV shopping with her ATM card at a supermarket. Methembe Sibanda (18), Pe...Published: 28 May 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Modi rallies Bosso
DEPUTY Minister of Industry and Commerce Raj Modi has rallied Bulawayo giants Highlanders to lift the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title. Modi, who is also a renowned businessman and Bul...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SamaNdlo opens up on Bosso return
FOR Bekithemba Ndlovu, his new coaching role at Bulawayo football giants Highlanders is the next best thing to playing for his boyhood club.The 42 year-old Ndlovu, who won a number of champion...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:46hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Army deployed to Bulawayo streets
Government has deployed the much-dreaded Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) in the city as part of its desperate move to contain the civil unrest that was fast getting out of hand.All roads leading ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madinda Ndlovu targets title
HIGHLANDERS head coach Madinda Ndlovu is looking forward to a better season next year where he is confident that his team will fight for the Castle Lager Premier Soccer league title.In an inte...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Devolution expected to take centre stage in Parliament
THE public outreach that led to the crafting of the new Constitution in 2013 saw the birth of devolution of power. A majority of provinces advocated for the system of governance which was one of the i...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
How Lucky is Mkosana?
UNITED STATES based striker Lucky Mkosana did not set the Warriors camp alight and his inclusion in the team that is in Congo Brazzaville was a major surprise.One can say that the 30-year-old ...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Methembe Ndlovu courts Mutare City Rovers
FORMER Warriors and Highlanders midfielder Methembe Ndlovu's Grassroots Soccer Zimbabwe (GRSZ) is dangling a sponsorship carrot to struggling Castle Lager Premiership outfit Mutare City Rovers in a de...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
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